Quantitative Developer, Market Risk
Quantitative Developer, Market Risk
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Job Description
Jump Tradings Risk team manages risk globally for all trading teams and is responsible for evaluating the many facets of risk across trading strategies markets and products. One facet of risk that the firm manages is market risk.
As a Quantitative Developer you will deploy your experience in markets quantitative approaches and software development to improve the firms capabilities to monitor manage and actively hedge market risk across a spectrum of businesses spanning asset classes regions and trading horizons. Some examples include creating pricing and risk workflows for a new asset class conducting empirical research on asset returns and relationships and deploying compute workflows at scale. This role requires both the nimbleness to quickly attack new business needs as well as the thoughtfulness to organize and deploy data compute visualization and decision-making workflows at a very large scale. The team is looking for someone who is passionate about the interplay between markets and technology is committed to maintaining a high bar for code demonstrates intellectual curiosity and is comfortable challenging the status quo with both humility and clear communication. If you have an interest in scaling your blend of existing experience in the markets and quantitative development in a growing and entrepreneurial team please reach out!
Skills Youll Need:
- At least 3-6 years of relevant markets-facing technical experience required
- Strong programming experience in Python along with common packages such as Pandas Polars Numpy and Scipy
- CFA Charter holder or equivalent foundational financial markets knowledge at a minimum
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Financial Engineering Finance and/or Statistics Direct experience in working with at least one financial asset class in pricing risk or empirical research
- Practical experience in working with data at scale (whether daily or intraday)
- Experience in CI/CD frameworks Great written and verbal communication skills good at ELI5
- Self-directed and able to take ownership of projects and responsibilities
- Experience in having to learn something substantial from scratch while on the job
Bonus Points:
- Experience in working within a full-stack function spanning data technology and markets
- Experience in development within a distributed Linux environment
- Familiarity with C
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility- Medical dental and vision insurance
- HSA FSA and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs
Employment Type
Full Time
